Pizza, Pincushions and Playing It Straight - Rayne Constantine - English

Constantine spent a few years supporting herself as a college student by working as a prostitute in a brothel, which is legal in her country of Australia. In the pages of her book, she describes her experiences, the lessons learned, and the wisdom she wants to impart to the world. It is a quick and engaging read, and previous reviews were right on the money with their comments.

Although I wouldn’t necessarily call the book “laugh-out-loud funny,” Constantine’s wittiness and sometimes dark humor resonates with me. After all, we all have to find a way to survive in this world. In particular, I chuckled at the name “Interlubes,” which she uses for poignant stories between the chapters. I imagine that many of these stories were amalgamations of her experiences as a sex worker, much like you might expect from a book written by a therapist.

This book does a remarkable job of humanizing people. The reader has the opportunity to understand Constantine’s personality as a complex and flawed person, yet one who is undoubtedly intelligent and capable. If she weren’t, her memoir wouldn’t treat her clients with so much respect. Sex workers like Constantine fill a void in a world where close friendships between men are discouraged, entitlement to women’s bodies runs rampant, and pretty people receive more respect and recognition than perhaps they deserve. Pizza, Pincushions and Playing It Straight is a peek behind the curtain into people who, more often than not, simply desire human connection.

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